http://randomlylearned.blogspot.com/2008/09/recover-data-from-my-book-world-edition.html
This blog is VERY simple to follow. I just recovered all my data after the enclosure failed from my 1 TB WORLDBOOK. Just follow the instructions to install Ubuntu from www.ubuntu.com best to do with Windows…makes it a lot easier. Just choose to load ubuntu after install. My first time with it. I loaded with what looked like an erro message, but eventually you get the choice to load the linux o/s.
Then find your drive with the drive path. I hooked it up to a internal Sata port after removing it from the enclosure as instructed in the link above. In ubuntu the drive path looks something like this /dev/sbc4
Then just follow the 'TERMINAL" lingo in that post and it will mount your drive. Then copy over to external HDD or other internal SATA HDD and your done. Hope that helps someone. I spent days and many anxious moments with recovery. I learned the hard way to back up, back up, back up!!!
